The Central Bureau Of Investigation vs. Navneet Gupta

ITEM NO.10+46 COURT NO.3 SECTION IV-C

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 47470/2023

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 25-07-2023 in WP No. 17190/2020 passed by the High Court of M.P at Indore)

PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

VIJAY SONI & ANR. Respondent(s)

(IA No.256518/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.256515/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT )

WITH

Diary No.47476/2023

Date : 14-12-2023 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gautam, AOR Mr. Anant Gautam, Adv. Mr. Samir Mudgil, Adv. Mr. Sumit Sharma, Adv. Ms. Anani Achumi, Adv. Mr. Dinesh Sharma, Adv. Ms. Shivani Sagar, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel, the Court made the following O R D E R

Delay condoned.

Digitally signed by SWETA BALODI Date: 2023.12.15 18:07:09 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified Issue notice, returnable in January 2024.

Notice will be served by all modes, including dasti.

Our attention is drawn to paragraph '98.1' of the judgment dated 27.03.2023 passed by this Court in "State Bank of India &

Others vs. Rajegh Agarwal & Others"1 and the assertions made in the First Information Report (FIR) in question.

The impugned judgment will not be read as a precedent that the registration of a FIR would be quashed for non compliance of the circular dated 01.07.2016. The ratio and the decision in the case of Rajesh Agarwal (supra) will be followed.

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(BABITA PANDEY) (R.S. NARAYANAN) COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR